The sustained pressure from Kenyans may have yielded fruit after the National Assembly’s Finance Committee last evening agreed to drop some of the punitive taxes proposed in the Finance Bill, 2024.
The committee is today expected to table its report, with recommendations, in the House.
This comes as Kenya Kwanza and Azimio MPs were summoned by their respective leaderships to meetings today to firm up positions on the Bill.
Kenya Kwanza’s PG, to be chaired by President William Ruto, comes as his emboldened deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, has been accused of inciting MPs associated with him to shoot down the Bill over its punitive proposals.
Azimio has also urged its members to shoot it down, but with the committee recommending a deletion of the punitive taxes, it remains to be seen how the MPs will approach debate on the Bill.
